Research Guides: Construction Industry: Industry Overviews

Industry & Market Research Databases

Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journal articles, books and videos related to business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting. Use for finding articles, case studies, and company and industry information.
Freedonia Focus This link opens in a new window
Market research reports focusing on consumer, technical and high tech products and services. Note: Freedonia Focus reports are now found in MarketResearch.com Academic database.
IBISWorld Industry Reports This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text market research reports for Canadian, US and global industries. Reports cover industry structure, trends, competitive landscape and operating conditions.
MarketResearch.com Academic This link opens in a new window
Market research reports for consumer products, demographics, food, beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and more. Includes reports from various sources, including Freedonia Focus, Packaged Facts and Kalorama.

Industry Codes

Some market research databases and websites organize business information using industry codes. The two industry classification systems you will come across most often are NAICS and SIC.

Example NAICS codes:

23 Construction
31-33 Manufacturing
(for buiding product manufacturing)

Click the link below to browse for more industry codes.

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
Developed in 1997, by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Industry codes are from 2-6 digits long.

Government

British Columbia Codes
Includes BC Building Code, Plumbing Code and Fire Code, Vancouver Building By-law
British Columbia. Ministry of Finance: B.C. Financial and Economic Review
Includes information and statistics on the construction industry's contribution to the BC economy
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CRHC)
Highlights techniques and innovations to help improve the quality of housing as well research on construction and building technology related issues as well as socio-economic issues relating to housing affordability and availability.
City of Vancouver. Green Building and Renovating
Progress made towards the City's goal, and successes in implementation.
Vancouver Economic Commission. Green Building Design & Construction.
Value of the industry, drivers of Vancouver’s green building growth, and support for green building business & investment
WorkSafeBC. Construction
Includes regulations, guidelines, initiatives, statistics

Using Google to find Government Resources

Did you know that you can limit your search in Google to government websites? Here are some examples.

Tip: Remember to try a few searches using different search words, to vary your results.

building codes site:.gov
(adding site:.gov searches only U.S. government websites)
construction industry site:gc.ca
(adding site:gc.ca searches only Canadian federal government websites)
construction site:gov.bc.ca
(adding site:gov.bc.ca searches only BC government websites)